The majority of Scottish businesses expect 2023 to be more successful than 2022, despite challenging economic forecasts.
Almost two thirds of the country’s firms (63%) said they are confident they would have greater success in the coming 12 months, compared to the past year.
A fifth were not confident about being more successful in 2023, while 14% expected their business to perform at the same level in the next year.
The research was carried out between 1 and 14 December as part of additional polling for the monthly Lloyds Bank Business Barometer among 1,200 UK companies - including 100 businesses in Scotland - from all industry sectors and a range of companies with annual turnover above £250,000.
